Here, we aim to provide useful information about software applications that are directly related to or which are generally useful in some respect to the reception and manipulation of TV signals on Linux based computer systems.

Here, we aim to provide useful information about software applications that are directly related to or which are generally useful in some respect to the reception and manipulation of TV signals on Linux based computer systems.

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In order to be most useful for the reader, this page is divided into three sections:

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In order to be most useful for the reader, this page is divided into two sections:

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* An Alphabetical Overview Listing

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* A categorical overview of software

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* A Categorized section for software useful for DVB TV cards (for both [[Full-featured Card|full featured]] and [[budget]] cards, as this distinction doesn't make a difference for most of the software)

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* An alphabetical listing of software

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* A Categorized section for software useful for analog TV cards (also see the information currently contained in the [http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/ video4linux wiki]).

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{{Note|''If you're new to this aspect of computing, rather than trying single programs one after another, you might be more interested in how to quickly get a fully working system as described in the "[[Example setups]]" page. Or perhaps instead you may simply want to perform some quick tests on your system, such as like those outlined in the "[[Testing your DVB device]]" article.''}}<br>

{{Note|''If you're new to this aspect of computing, rather than trying single programs one after another, you might be more interested in how to quickly get a fully working system as described in the "[[Example setups]]" page. Or perhaps instead you may simply want to perform some quick tests on your system, such as like those outlined in the "[[Testing your DVB device]]" article.''}}<br>

* [[VDR]] - VDR is one of the most popular TV applications. It features watching TV, recording storage on disk, EPG, Dolby Digital, playback, multi language and much more. VDR, although originally written for FF cards, works also with budget cards, if one installs the [[VDR Software Decoder Plugin]].

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* XBMC [http://xbmc.org/]

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* [[Yahdr]]<br>

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===Media Center Distributions===

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Complete operating systems tailored for easy installation of everything required to have a media centre.

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* [[iMedia MythTV Linux]] [http://www.mini-box.com/iMediaMythTV]

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* Knoppmyth

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* [[LinVDR]] [http://www.linvdr.org/projects/linvdr/index.en.php] -- this was a Linux distro based around VDR. Now ancient history

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* [[MiniMyth]] [http://linpvr.org/minimyth/]

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* Mythbuntu

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* MythDora

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===Standalone Media Players===

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i.e. for offline playback of captured materials

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* [[Kaffeine]]

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* [[Wikipedia:KMPlayer|KMPlayer]]

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* [[MPlayer]]

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** [[SMPlayer]] [http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/]

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* [[Totem]]

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* [[VLC media player]]

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* [[Xine]]

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==Network and Streaming Tools==

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* [[Streaming]]

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===Analogue TV Streaming Utilities===

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* [[Streaming-V4L]]

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* [[GStreamer]]

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===Network Tools for DVB Streams===

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* [[dvbshout]]

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* [[dvbsnoop]]

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* [[dvbstream]]

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* [[DVBStreamer]]

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* [[dvbyell]]

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* [[getstream]]

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* [[Me TV]]

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* [[mumudvb]]

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* [[Home Theater System|TVheadend]]

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===Streaming Software for Digital TV===

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* [[dvbice]]

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* [[VLC media player]]

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==Tools to Show Videotext/Teletext/Interactive Content/Closed Captioning==

Revision as of 18:04, 17 January 2013

TV Related Software:

Here, we aim to provide useful information about software applications that are directly related to or which are generally useful in some respect to the reception and manipulation of TV signals on Linux based computer systems.

In order to be most useful for the reader, this page is divided into two sections:

A categorical overview of software

An alphabetical listing of software

Note:If you're new to this aspect of computing, rather than trying single programs one after another, you might be more interested in how to quickly get a fully working system as described in the "Example setups" page. Or perhaps instead you may simply want to perform some quick tests on your system, such as like those outlined in the "Testing your DVB device" article.

VDR - VDR is one of the most popular TV applications. It features watching TV, recording storage on disk, EPG, Dolby Digital, playback, multi language and much more. VDR, although originally written for FF cards, works also with budget cards, if one installs the VDR Software Decoder Plugin.